The Chronicle of Higher Education

Lessons in Ancient Greek

When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...

Five lessons about misinformation from ancient Greek and Roman scientists

Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...
The Hill

Greek lessons for the IMF

With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...
American Enterprise Institute

Greek Lessons for Puerto Rico

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this seems to be the case with respect to the Puerto Rican government and its Oversight Board in their handling of ...
Reason

Lessons of ancient Greek democracy for the modern world

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...
The Atlantic

A Novel in Which Language Hits Its Limit—And Keeps On Going

What does it mean to speak without the hope of a response? To address someone who cannot or will not hear you, who cannot or will not reply? The first three full-length novels by the South Korean ...
Project Syndicate

Greek Lessons for the World Economy

The Greek crisis is yet another manifestation of the political trilemma of the world economy: economic globalization, political democracy, and the nation-state are mutually irreconcilable. We can have ...
Time

Greek Lessons

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